The Cold, Cold Winter Is Coming to Chicago, Nursery

The vegetable gardens were ended in the middle of November.

Dan-san’s and Furukawa-san’s gardens have no vegetable plants anymore.

These are the last green peppers from Dan-san’s garden.  These peppers haven’t grown any bigger the last 3 or 4 weeks because the weather has been so cold.  It is done.

This is Hiroko’s next door neighbor’s enclosed porch garden.  Hiroko gave them Japanese cucumber plants, then, they grew the plants there.  It is amazing to know they harvested about a dozen cucumbers.  That is ending.

This is Hiroko’s porch garden.

The water in the bottom of the jalapeño plants pot was frozen.  The porch garden should be closed.

Hiroko cleaned up almost everything on the porch, except jalapeño.  The porch garden is done, too.  The snow will be piled up on this porch.

These rosemary and tea plants have to move into the house.

Hiroko will enjoy using rosemary as seasoning for cooking chicken.

How many years now?  This tea leaves plant given by Emaline’s father could be over 30 years at Hiroko’s place.  One winter Hiroko kept it in the enclosed front porch and forgot to bring inside on the below zero weather day.  The whole pot, soil and plant was frozen, so Hiroko thought the plant was dead.  However, the following spring the bud sprung out.  Emaline said this plant is very strong and loves water, so give it lots of water, and then it will grow by itself.  This plant loves the sunshine, so Hiroko will keep it a little longer on the porch.

Pineapple and green onion had already been moved into the house.  Kaori-san gave these onion plants to Hiroko and said that she never has buy the green onions.  Well, thanks to Kaori-san Hiroko uses lots of green onion for yudofu, noodle, ramen, etc. this winter.

The 2012 gardens are done.  Hopefully, 2012 garden will be good again.

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Hiroko thought that as the tea leave plant loves the sunshine, Hiroko wants to love the Lord.  How can we love the Lord?  Of course we should tell the Lord we love Him, and obey to His commandments.  What are His commandments?  Jesus gave the commandments, the first one is “Love your Lord,” and second one is “Love your neighbor as yourself.”